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We of this age have discovered a shorter, and more prudent method to become scholars and wits, without the fatigue of reading or of thinking.

Jonathan Swift

Reasoning will never make a man correct an ill opinion, which by reasoning he never acquired
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Correction Himself Man Opinion Reason Sick
Ay, do despise me, I’m the prouder for it; I like to be despised.
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Despair Hate Myself Proud
Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.
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Break Insect Law Small
An idle reason lessens the weight of the good ones you gave before.
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Goodness Reason Yourself
Falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it, so that when men come to be undeceived, it is too late; the jest is over, and the tale hath had its effect.
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Affect Betrayal Fake Man Truth
Live every day as your last, because one of these days, it will be.
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Day Death Inspirational Live Yourself
For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.
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Government Meaning Politics Reason Slavery
Small causes are sufficient to make a man uneasy, when great ones are not in the way: for want of a block he will stumble at a straw.
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Block Easy Greatness Himself Man Walk
There are few wild beasts more to be dreaded than a talking man having nothing to say.
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Man Talk Wild
The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman.
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Best Doctor Happiness Quiet
It is computed that eleven thousand persons have at several times suffered death rather than submit to break their eggs at the smaller end.
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Break End Person Time
A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.
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Head Heart Man Wisdom
Wise people are never less alone than when they are alone.
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Alone Company Deep People Wisdom
Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest people uneasy is the best bred in the room.
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Art Easy Goodness People Room
You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday.
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Growth Shame Wisdom Wrong Yourself
Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want.
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Hard Need Rich

We of this age have discovered a shorter, and more prudent method to become scholars and wits, without the fatigue of reading or of thinking.

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